GITN a Paranormal and True Crime Podcast

Phillip Sams
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GITN Podcast is a gripping weekly dive into the unknown, where true crime chills meet paranormal thrills. Hosted by Phil & Travis, each episode explores ghostly encounters, unsolved mysteries, conspiracy theories, and eerie phenomena. From haunted houses and psychic phenomena to historic murders and UFO lore, the channel encourages listener submissions and evidence-sharing to help unravel the mysteries together

  1. 5D AGO

    John Wayne Gacy: How Police Missed a Serial Killer Hiding in Plain Sight

    He wasn’t hiding.He was trusted.John Wayne Gacy was a successful businessman, active in local politics, and a familiar face in his community. Police interviewed him. Families named him. Investigators walked away.Meanwhile, young men were disappearing — and the truth was being buried beneath his house.In this episode, we break down the John Wayne Gacy case from start to finish, focusing less on the headlines and more on what actually allowed this to happen: credibility, comfort, and repeated investigative failures.We cover:Gacy’s early life, psychology, and first criminal convictionHow he used respectability, politics, and community involvement as coverThe victims whose families warned police — and were ignoredThe moments where Gacy was interviewed, suspected, and dismissedHow surveillance, search warrants, and mounting pressure finally cracked the caseWhat police found beneath the house — and why it took so long to lookThis isn’t just a serial killer story.It’s a case study in misplaced trust — and the cost of believing the wrong person.Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of violent crime and sexual assault. Listener discretion advised.

    1h 56m

  2. FEB 27

    The World Didn’t End in 2012. But Did It Changed.

    December 21, 2012 came and went without fire, collapse, or apocalypse.But for a growing number of people, that date still matters , not because the world ended, but because it changed.In this episode of the GITN Podcast, we explore the theory that the Mayan Long Count calendar didn’t predict destruction, but a transition and that modern science may have unknowingly collided with it. As CERN pushed the Large Hadron Collider to unprecedented energy levels, some believe reality itself may have shifted.We break down:• What the Mayans actually meant by the end of a baktun cycle• Why CERN and the Large Hadron Collider became central to timeline theories• The idea of a “soft apocalypse” where the world continues, but out of alignment• Why so many people say reality feels thinner, faster, and less stable• How the Mandela Effect fits into the timeline shift narrative• Why we’re still here and what that might actually meanThis isn’t about proving the world ended.It’s about why so many people feel like something quietly changed and why that feeling refuses to go away.

    1h 42m

  3. JAN 30

    The Yuba County Five Explained: The Unsolved Mystery of Five Men Who Vanished Into the Mountains

    Five men attend a basketball game in California in 1978 and expect to be home that night. Instead, they drive deep into the mountains, abandon a perfectly working car, and disappear into freezing wilderness.Months later, one of them is found dead inside a Forest Service trailer filled with food and heat he never used. Two others are found frozen miles away. Two are never found at all.This episode breaks down The Yuba County Five, one of the most disturbing and misunderstood unsolved mysteries in American true crime history. We examine who the five men were, the role of intellectual disabilities and mental illness, the strange decisions that led them into the mountains, and the psychological factors that may explain why they abandoned safety when survival was still possible.We also explore every major theory, including group panic, schizophrenia and medication withdrawal, learned helplessness, search failures, and the possibility that one man survived longer than anyone realized — then vanished.This case isn’t about monsters or murderers. It’s about fear, confusion, trust, and how quickly everything can fall apart when routine disappears

    1h 52m

  4. JAN 26

    Chris Bledsoe: Prayer, Orbs, and the UFO Case the Government Watched

    On January 2007, Chris Bledsoe wasn’t searching the sky for UFOs.He was praying by a river in rural North Carolina as his life unraveled.What followed wasn’t a single light or distant object, but a close-range encounter involving glowing orbs, repeated sightings, and long-term government interest. Over time, Bledsoe’s story drifted away from the usual alien narrative and into something far more controversial: a phenomenon tied to consciousness, religious symbolism, and what he describes as an ancient intelligence.In this episode of the GITN Podcast, we break down:What actually happened the night of the original encounterWhy Bledsoe never framed the experience as extraterrestrialHow U.S. government and military-linked officials became involvedThe emergence of “The Lady” and prophetic interpretationsWhy skeptics argue the case can be explained without invoking non-human intelligenceThis isn’t a story about spaceships.It’s about belief, crisis, control, and what happens when the unknown doesn’t fit cleanly into science or religion.

    1h 49m

  5. JAN 23

    The Prisoner So Violent the System Gave Up: Tommy Silverstein

    Tommy Silverstein was responsible for three confirmed murders while already incarcerated — two inmates and a federal correctional officer. His crimes forced the U.S. prison system to confront a terrifying reality: some inmates could not be controlled, only isolated.In this episode of the GITN Podcast, we break down the full, fact-based story of Thomas “Tommy” Silverstein, including:His early life and family influenceThe crime that first sent him to federal prisonHis rise inside the Aryan BrotherhoodThe two inmate murders that earned him multiple life sentencesThe 1983 killing of a correctional officer that changed prison policy foreverThe permanent lockdown of USP MarionThe creation of Supermax prisons like ADX FlorenceAnd the ethical debate surrounding 36 consecutive years in solitary confinementThis episode isn’t just about a violent man — it’s about what happens when the prison system decides control matters more than rehabilitation.

    1h 18m

  6. JAN 18

    Cincinnati's Mysterious Aerial Phenomena: Terrifying Or Misunderstood?

    In late December 2025, residents across Cincinnati began reporting a strange sound in the night. High-pitched, oscillating, and seemingly coming from the sky. Officials suggested industrial causes. Rail yards were blamed. But the sound didn’t behave like normal machinery.Cincinnati wasn’t alone.From Indiana to Canada, from Germany to the United Kingdom, cities across the world have reported the same phenomenon for decades. They are known as The Hum or Sky Trumpets.In this episode of Ghosts in the Night, we investigate the Cincinnati incident, trace the global pattern, break down official explanations, and explore the unsettling possibility that the sound isn’t the source of the mystery, but a byproduct of something else entirely.

    1h 36m

  7. JAN 11 · BONUS

    Alex Murdaugh: Power, Lies, and the Fall of a Legal Dynasty

    For nearly a century, the Murdaugh name carried unchecked power in South Carolina’s Lowcountry. Judges recognized it.Law enforcement deferred to it.And for decades, justice bent around it. In this episode of the GITN Podcast, we break down the rise and collapse of Alex Murdaugh, the privileged legal dynasty that seemed untouchable—until it wasn’t. This isn’t just a murder case.It’s a story about influence, money, and a system trained to look the other way. We examine: How the Murdaugh family built generational legal power The suspicious deaths that never quite added up Financial crimes hiding in plain sight The investigation that finally pulled the curtain back And the courtroom battle that brought a dynasty to its knees This case forces an uncomfortable question: How many crimes go unpunished when the people meant to stop them are part of the machine? Tonight, we trace the collapse from quiet favors… to public exposure… to a verdict that ended a reign of silence. Welcome to GITN Podcast.

    1h 20m

  8. JAN 9 · BONUS

    GITN Strange Bite: The Weird Reason I Believe in Bigfoot Despite Hating Camping

    I hate camping.I hate tents.And I absolutely hate the idea of pooping in the woods while something big watches me from the trees.But here’s the problem: Bigfoot won’t leave me alone.In this episode of GITN Strange Bite, we talk Bigfoot without the romantic nonsense — no spiritual forest bonding, no “finding yourself in nature,” and definitely no sleeping on the ground. We break down why Bigfoot might actually be one of the least insane cryptids… even if I’ll never go looking for him.From a strange vocalization near Moonville Tunnel in Ohio, to unexplained movement in the woods, to why the FBI even has a Bigfoot file at all — this episode walks the line between skepticism and “yeah… that’s uncomfortable.”Is Bigfoot real?Probably.Am I camping to find out?Absolutely not.This isn’t proof.It’s worse.It’s doubt.

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GITN Podcast is a gripping weekly dive into the unknown, where true crime chills meet paranormal thrills. Hosted by Phil & Travis, each episode explores ghostly encounters, unsolved mysteries, conspiracy theories, and eerie phenomena. From haunted houses and psychic phenomena to historic murders and UFO lore, the channel encourages listener submissions and evidence-sharing to help unravel the mysteries together

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